Method of making pull-on devices for boots and shoes.



E. 0 JACOBS. METHOD OF MAKING PULL-0N DEVICES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. 4

APPLICATION FILED SEPT; 1B. 1912.

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ERNEST C. JACOBS, OF BOCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MEN'IS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSUN, NEW JERSEY, A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

METHOD OF MAKING PULL-ON DEVICES FOB, BOOTS AND SHOES.

Patented J an. 5, 1915.

Original application filed June 18, 1913, Serial No. 774,334. Divided and this application filed September 18, 1913. Serial No. 790,557.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST C. JACOBS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rockland, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Methods of Making Pull- On Devices for Boots and Shoes, (Case A,) of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to the method of making pull-on devices for boots and shoes, and is a division of my copending application Serial No. 774,334, filed June 18, 1913.

In order that the principle of the invention may readily be understood, I shall proceed to describe the best mode known to me for carrying the method of my invention into effect.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view of a portion of a pull-on device made in accordance with a step of my invention and secured in place. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a strip which may be employed in the manufacture of the core piece or filler. Fig. 3 is a perspective vlew of the core piece or filler; and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the completed pull-on device made in accordance with my invention and secured in place.

In my Patent No. 1,049,721, dated J anuary 7, 1913, I have illustrated and claimed a pull-on device. In the present application I claim a method of making the same.

I-Ieretofore, shoe pulls have commonly been made as straps composed of webbing, and formed into loops large enough to receive a finger of the user, the end of the strap being attached to the shoe upper. Such a loop-like strap projects a considerable distance above the top of the shoe upper when in use, and after the shoe has been worn a short time, it becomes distorted, usually being bent downward on the outside of the shoe, and in both instances it is unsightly and objectionable, and particularly so in high priced shoes.

The method of my invention has for its object to provide boots and shoes with an improved form of pull-on device which is neat, attractive and highly efficient, and

which in the represented embodiment thereof projects above the shoe but a short distance and retains its original form after long use. I have herein represented one form or embodiment of pull-on device constructed in accordance with my invention, but it will. be understood that the pull-on device may be of varying form.

The pull-on device herein represented as the product of my invention is made as a tab instead of a loop, and in its ultimate form has an enlarged end portion adapting it to be grasped by the fingers or finger and thumb in drawing the shoe onto the foot. In the form herein illustrated, I have represented the strap which may be of leather, cloth or other suitable material, and I secure the same to the shoe upper, and thereafter insert in the loop of said strap and secure thereto a core piece or filler, filling or substantially filling the same.

Said core piece or filler may be and preferably is substantially triangular or wedgeshaped in cross section and may have unequal length sides, admitting of one of the sides occupying a substantially vertical position at the inner side of the shoe, another side occupying a substantially horizontal position at the top, and the remaining side occupying a diagonal position as illustrated. As the covering strap conforms to the contour of the core piece or filler, the completed device will have an enlarged end portion adapted to be firmly grasped.

Referring to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the product of my method, 1 represents a shoe upper of any suitable or desired construction. The upper, 1, has a pull-on device attached thereto by stitches or other means, and is preferably provided with a lining, 2. Said pull-on device in its completed form consists of a core piece or tiller, 3, shown in Fig. 4, and a covering strap, 4, shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and having its ends, 5, 6, attached to the upper by one or more lines of stitching, 7 which preferably pass through the lining, 2.

The core piece, 3, may be composed of sole leather or other material of suitable thickness, and is preferably triangular or wedge-shaped in cross section, so that when in use its inner side may be substantially vertical. The pull-on device extends preferably but a short distance above the upper edge of the upper.

AS a simple method of making the core piece, I may take a long strip of soie leather, as represented at 8 in Fig. 2, wherein it is shown as a quadrilateral form in cross section, and in such case I preferably sever the strip longitudinally, the line of severance being diagonal, and extending from one upper corner to the opposite lower corner of the strip, as represented at 9 in Fig. 2, thus forming two Wedge-shaped strips, one of Which is represented at 10 in Fig. 3. The said strip 10 is then severed into short lengths equaling the Width of the applied strap, l, and is thereupon inserted in the loop of the said strap, 4:, being secured and prefthe strap therein by cement or other means, e'irably entirely filling the loop of as represented in Fig. i.

The particular manner of securing the ends of the strap 4 to the boot or shoe is immaterial, and it may be secured thereto in any suitable manner and in various forms.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that What I claim is: v

1. That method of making and applying pull-on devices for boots and shoes which comprises providing a covering strap folded Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the into loop form, attaching said strap to the upper of a boot or shoe and inserting in the loop of the strap a core or filler ti ghtly fitting and filling the loop of the strap. I

2. That method of making and applying pull-on devices for boots and shoes which comprises providing a covering strap folded into loop form, attaching the same to the upper 01 a boot or shoe, providing a core or liner corresponding in length to the Width of the strap and adapted to fit therein Without projection, and inserting said core or filler in the said loop of the strap.

3. That method of making and applying pull-on devices for boots and shoes Which comprises providing a covering strap folded into loop form, attaching said strap to the upper of a boot or shoe, providing a core or filler of triangular form in cross section and having a length substantially equaling that of the Width of the covering strap and inserting and securing said core or filler in the loop of said strap.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ERNEST G. JACOBS.

Witnesses:

' CLARENCE H. YOUNG,

JOHN G. SUTHERLAND.

Commissioner or Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

